Gasteracantha quadrispinosa
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| Gasteracantha quadrispinosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Gasteracantha |
| Species: | G. quadrispinosa |
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| Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard Cambridge, 1879[1] | |
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa, the four-spined jewel spider, is a brightly coloured species of spider in the spiny orb-weaver genus Gasteracantha.[2] It occurs in wet forests of Queensland, Australia, and New Guinea,[1][3] where it builds vertical orb webs approximately 1.5 m across and hangs in the centre of the web to wait for prey.[4]